play, it was, really, a celebration of our government, our democracy, and our historic traditions. when it came to the president's speech that was different. i agree with what ed said and some of us said earlier, the president said, i campaigned on a bunch of issues and i intend to redeem those promises i made. i will keep the promises. there was talk of common ground but, shep, what he was saying was, common ground, coming together on his terms, whether it was support for entitlements, whether it was women's issues, gay rights, immigration reform, voting rights, gun control, he was basically saying, i won. >>shepard: you are putting women's rights and some of the others all in a partisan matter? he talked about protecting the children from newtown, the way you go about that is a matter of political debate, but you way you get women's equal pay is something for partisan debate but one side or the other does not believe that women are worth less than men because their chromosomes are different. >>chris: i agree, point well-taken but that was a partisan issue in the campaign. remembe